A Chinese blue-ground silk gauze 'dragon' robe , jifi, late Qing Dynasty, the blue gauze worked with gold thread representing the five-clawed dragon roundels, two on the front and back shown clutching flaming pearls while the others reach for the pearl, all amidst ruyi clouds, all set above a terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe separated by further clouds and rolling waves. 138cm high x 216cm wide Provenance: An English private collection 晚清 深蓝地绣云龙纹吉服袍 拍品来源：英国私人收藏 Condition Report: some wear and losses to gold thread mainly on sleeves